"If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people — maybe there is. I don't know," Trump said.

"Speaking to the NRA folks — who are great," he continued. "If you don't do the right thing, you're not going to have a Second Amendment, or you're not going to have much of it left."

The comment faced immediate backlash, as many accused Trump of suggesting that gun-rights advocates should use some kind of force to stop Clinton from appointing Supreme Court justices that disagree with their views on the issue.

Both Trump's and Clinton's campaigns released statements on the matter shortly afterward. Trump's campaign attributed the controversy to "dishonest media," while the Clinton campaign condemned the idea of violence in American politics.